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Student's 



Bible Text-Book 



By 

Lucy P. Knott 



Publishing House of the 

Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene 

Kansas City, Missouri 

1913 



Copyright, 1913 

by 
Lucy P. Knott 



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TO THE 

PUPILS OF CHKISTIAN SCHOOLS 

AND 

SUNDAY SCHOOLS 

IS THIS BOOK 

DEDICATED 



This Lamp from off the everlasting throne, 
Mercy took down, and in the night of time 
Stood, casting on the dark her gracious how, 
And evermore beseeching men with tears 
And earnest sighs, to hear, believe, and live. 

— POLLOK. 



PKEFACE 

The object of the Student's Text-Book is to indoctrinate 
the minds of the students with the precious Word, and thus 
fortify them against the rapidly increasing tides of world- 
liness, subtle infidelity, and false doctrines. 

It contains a simple arrangement of Bible passages which 
relate to important truths, and which are intended for 
memory drill work. 

The attention of the student is called to the research, 
which calls for a good marginal reference Bible. 

Comparatively few young Christians appreciate the rich 
mines of truth to which these references lead, and that such 
simple investigation is a safeguard against "handling the 
word of God deceitfully" (2 Cor. 4:2). 

For Parochial School work, and beginning with the Fourth 
Grade, there should be daily Text drill, in all the Grades, on 
the following subjects in Part III : Pardon of Sins, Con- 
viction for Pardon, Conditions of Pardon, Experience of 
Pardon; Holiness of Heart, Conviction for Holiness, Condi- 
tions of Holiness, Experience of Holiness. These vital 
truths can not be too thoroughly impressed. 

Other subjects contained in Part III, and those contained 
in Part IV, may be selected for the several Grades at the 
discretion of the Teacher. 

"For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper 
than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing 
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, 
and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." 

"Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy 
word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart" 

L. P. K. 



Contents 



PAKT I. Easy Lessons 

Introduction By P. F. Bresee, D. I). 

Alphabetical Quotations 9 

Bible Stories 10 

The Twelve Apostles 11 

Twenty-third Psalm 11 

Jesus and the Children 11 

The Beatitudes =_ _ 12 

The Lord's Prayer 13 

The Sons of Jacob 13 

The Ten Commandments 13 

Books of the Bible 15 

PAKT II. Important Facts 

God 17 

The Bible 20 

Higher Criticism 23 

The Resurrection 25 

The Return of Jesus 27 

The Great Commission 28 

The Law and Grace 30 

PART III. Plain Theology 

Salvation 32 

Rewards 33 



Definitions 34 

Pardon of Sins 35 

Conviction for Pardon 36 

Conditions of Pardon 38 

Experience of Pardon 40 

Holiness of Heart 42 

Conviction for Holiness . 43 

Conditions of Holiness 46 

Experience of Holiness 48 

Some Objections to Holiness Answered 50 

Backsliders 52 

Spiritual Life Preservers and Growth in Grace 54 

Danger Signals 58 

a. False Prophets. 

&. Doctrines of Devils. 

c. Evil Speaking. 

d. Riches. 

e. Scoffers. 

/. Appearance of Evil. 

PAET IV. Suggestive Bible Study 

Some Women of the Bible 64 

Some Men of the Bible 64 

The Major and Minor Prophets 65 

Memory Portions 65 

The Covenants of the Old Testament 65 

The Covenant of the New Testament 67 



INTRODUCTION 

"Where there is no vision the people perish: but he that 
' Jceepeth the law, happy is he," 

"The entrance of thy words giveth light." 

Finding the necessity upon her in her work, to strengthen 
yonng Christians by placing securely in their memory the 
Word of God, in such order that it should be available and 
of ready service in time of need; and finding no properly 
arranged selections of the Word for her work, this book was 
published by Mrs. Knott, to meet the necessity. It met 
such a need that the edition published was soon exhausted. 
The demand for it continued, and has been so re-enforced 
by the providential uprising of Church or Parochial schools, 
in which there is the felt need of a systematic method of 
teaching the Word, that, after careful examination and 
thought, Mrs. Knott has been induced to revise and more 
fully adapt this work to the present great need, and to allow 
a new edition to be published. This edition will be found 
to be finely adapted to meet the need of our schools, as well 
as that of the general student, desiring to be fortified by 
the truth of God. The theological part of it, wherein the 
Word speaks for itself on the great and vital doctrines of 
the kingdom of God, adds much to its value. It will be 
found excellent for home and individual study, as well as 
for school work. It gives a most excellent course for Bible 
memory drill for all, from youngest to oldest. 

We take great pleasure in commending it to our people. 

P. F. Bresee, 



Part I. 

Easy Lessons 



ALPHABETICAL QUOTATIONS 

A — All the earth shall worship thee. Psalm 66 : 4. 

B — Beloved let us love one another: for love is of God. 

1 John 4 : 7. 
C — Create in me a clean heart, O God. Psalm 51 : 10. 
D — Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. 

James 4:8. 
E — Enter ye in at the strait gate. Matt. 7:13. 
F — Fear not for I am with thee. Isaiah 43 : 5. 
G — God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in 

trouble. Psalm 46 : 1. 
H — Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. 

John 6 : 37. 
I — I know that my redeemer liyeth. Job 19 : 25. 
J — Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life. 

John 11:25. 
K — Keep thy tongue from evil. Psalm 34 : 13. 
L — Look unto me and be ye saved. Isaiah 45 : 22. 
M — -My son, give me thine heart. Proverbs 23 : 26. 
X — Neither do I condemn thee : go and sin no more. 

John 8 : 11. 

O — O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good. Psa. 118 : 1. 

P — Pray one for another. James 5:16. 

Q — Quench not the spirit. 1 Thess. 5 : 19. 

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R — Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. 
Ecclesiastes 12 : 1. 

S — Strait is the gate and narrow is the way. Matt. Y : 14. 

T — Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as 
snow. Isaiah 1 : 18. 

U — Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Psalm 25 : 1. 

V — Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me 
hath everlasting life. John 6 : 4Y. 

W — We love him because he first loved us. 1 John 4 : 19. 

Y — Ye are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Eph. 2: 13. 

Z — Zealous of good works. Titus 2 : 14. 

BIBLE STORIES 

[To be told in simple language by teacher.] 

Little Samuel and His Mother. 1 Samuel 1. 

A Little Maid and Naaman. 2 Kings 5. 

Noah and the Ark. Genesis 6. 

Daniel in the Lion's Den. Daniel 6. 

David and Goliath. 1 Samuel 1Y. 

The Little Boy Who Helped Jesus. John 6. 

Jesus in the Temple. Luke 2. 

Jesus and the Sick Man. Luke Y. 

Jesus, the Lilies, and Birds. Matthew 6. 

Jesus Transfigured. Mark 9. 

Jesus in the Garden. Matthew 26. 

Jesus on the Cross. Matthew 2Y. 

Jesus' Rescurrection. Matthew 28. 

Jesus' Ascension. Acts 1. 



EASY LESSONS 11 

THE TWELVE APOSTLES 

"Of all the Twelve Apostles, 

The Gospels give the names: 
First, Andrew, John, and Peter, 

Bartholomew and James, 
Matthew, and Simon, Thomas 

Were friends both tried and true. 
Then Phillip, James, and Thaddens, 

The traitor Judas, too. 
They followed Christ the Master 

O'er mountain, shore, and sea, 

Samaria, Judea, Perea, Galilee.' 5 

TWENTY-THIRD PSALM 

1. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he lead- 
eth me beside the still waters. 

3. He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the paths of 
righteousness for his name's sake. 

4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of 
death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and 
thy staff they comfort me. 

5. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of 
mine enemies : thou anointest my head with oil ; my cup 
runneth over. 

6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days 
of my lif e : and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. 

JESUS AND THE CHILDREN 
Mark 10 : 13-16 

And they brought young children to him, that he should 
touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought 

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But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said 
unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and 
forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. 

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the 

KINGDOM OF GOD AS A LITTLE CHILD, HE SHALL NOT ENTER 
THEREIN. 

And he took them up in his arms, put his' hands upon 

THEM, AND BLESSED THEM. 

THE BEATITUDES 

FIRST 

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom 
of heaven. 

second 
Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted. 

third 
Blessed are the meek : for they shall inherit the earth. 

fourth 
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after 
righteousness: for they shall be filled. 

FIFTH 

Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtain mercy. 

SIXTH 

Blessed are the pure in heart : for they shall see God. 

SEVENTH 

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the 
children of God. 

eighth 

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' 
sake : for their's is the kingdom of heaven. 

NINTH 

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute 
you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for 
my sake. 



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TENTH 

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward 
ix heaven : for so persecuted they the prophets which were 
before you. 

THE LORD'S PRAYER 

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in 
heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us 
our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into 
temptation, but deliver us from evil : Eor thine is the king- 
dom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 



1. Reuben 

2. Simeon 

3. Levi 

4. Judah 



THE SONS OF JACOB 



5. Issachar 
6 Zebulun 

7. Dan 

8. Naphtali 



9. Gad 

10. Asher 

11. Joseph 

12. Benjamin 



THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 



FIRST 

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

SECOND 

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any 
likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in 
the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : 

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them : 
for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the ini- 
quity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and 
fourth generation of them that hate me; 

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, 
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THIRD 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; 
for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name 
in vain. 

FOURTH 

Eemember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 

Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : 

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : 
in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy 
daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cat- 
tle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : 

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, 
and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day : where- 
fore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 

fifth 
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be 
long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

sixth 
Thou shalt not kill. 

seventh 
Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

eighth 
Thou shalt not steal. 

NINTH 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 



TENTH 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not 
covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his 
maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is 
thy neighbour's. 



EASY LESSONS 15 

THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE 

1. The Old Testament Books 

the pentateuch 

CHAPTERS CHAPTERS 

Genesis 50 Numbers 36 

Exodus 40 Deuteronomy 34 

Leviticus 27 

HISTORICAL BOOKS 

Joshua 24 2 Kings 25 

Judges 21 1 Chronicles 29 

Ruth 4 2 Chronicles 36 

1 Samuel 31 Ezra —10 

2 Samuel 24 Nehemiah 13 

1 Kings ___- 22 Esther 10 

POETICAL BOOKS 

Job 42 Ecclesiastes 12 

Psalms 150 Song of Solomon 8 

Proverbs 31 

PROPHETICAL BOOKS 

Isaiah 66 Jonah 4 

Jeremiah 52 Micah 7 

Lamentations 5 Nahum 3 

Ezekiel 48 Habakkuk 3 

Daniel 12 Zephaniah 3 

Hosea 14 Haggai 2 

Joel 3 Zechariah 14 

Amos 9 Malachi 4 

Obadiah 1 



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2. The New Testament Books 



chapters 

Matthew 28 

Mark 16 

Luke 24 

John 21 

Acts of the Apostles 28 

Romans . 16 

1 Corinthians 16 

2 Corinthians 13 

Glalatians 6 

Ephesians 6 

Philippians 4 

Colossians 4 

1 Thessalonians 5 

2 Thessalonians 3 



chapters 

1 Timothy 6 

2 Timothy 4 

Titus 3 

Philemon 1 

Hebrews 13 

James 5 

1 Peter 5 

2 Peter 3 

1 John 5 

2 John 1 

3 John 1 

Jude 1 

Revelation 22 



Part II. 

Important Facts 



GOD 



Question. What proof does the Bible bring to convince 
men there is a God? 

Answer. The Bible makes no plea, presents no argument 
for the existence of God. Gen. 1:1, In the begixxixg God 
created the heaven and the earth. 

Question. Does the fact that the heaven and the earth 
exist prove there is a God? 

Answer. Yes. Psa. 19 : 1, 2, 3, 4: The heavens declare the 
glory of God ; and the firmament sheweth his haxdywork. Day 
nnto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth 
knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their 
voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the 
earth, and their words to the end of the world. 

Question. What effect has this voice of xature upon 
those who have never heard of the true God? 

Answer. In their effort to find the true God, they make 
for themselves many gods. Psa. 135 : 15, 16, 17 : The idols 
of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but 
they see not; they have ears, but they hear not, neither is 
there any breath in their mouths. 

Question. What did Paul say to the Athenians who wor- 
shipped heathen gods? 

Answer. Acts 17 : 23, 24, 25, 27 : For as I passed by, and 

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beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, 
to the unknown god. Whom therefore ye ignorantly wor- 
ship, him declare I unto oyu. God that made the world, 
and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and 
earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; ... he 
giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; . . . that they 
should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, 
and find him. 

Question. Give some other important facts concerning 
the existence of God. 

Answer — 

The Triune God (Three in One) 

Gen. 1 : 26, And God said, Let us make man in our image, 
after our likeness. 

Matt. 28 : 19, Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptiz- 
ing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. 

2 Cor. 13 : 14, The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost be 
with you all. Amen. 

1 Pet. 1 : 2, Elect according to the foreknowledge of God 
the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedi- 
ence and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. 

God Is Omnipotent (Has all power) 

Gen. 17 : 1, I am the Almighty God. 

Matt. 28 : 18, All power is given unto me in heaven and 
in earth. 

God Is Omniscient (Knows all things) 

Col. 2:3, In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom 
and knowledge. 

Rom. 11 : 33, O the depths of the riches both of the wisdom 
and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judg- 
ments, and his ways past finding out. 



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God Is Omnipresent {Always present) 

Psa. 139 : 7, Whither shall I go from thy Spirit, or whith- 
er shall I flee from thy presence? 

Matt. 28 : 20, Lo, I am with you alway 



THE BIBLE 

Question. Why is the Bible our vital need? 

Answer. Through the Bible God reveals Himself to us in 
human language, together with His eternal plans and pur- 
poses. 

The Bible Is Inspired 

Question. Is the Bible inspired? 

Answer. The Bible is inspired — 

2 Tim. 3 : 16, All Scripture is given by inspiration of 
God. 

2 Pet. 1 : 21, For the prophecy came not in old time by the 
will of man : but holy men of God spake as they were moved 
by the Holy Ghost. 

Bev. 19 : 13, And His name is called the Word of God. 

Chronology of the Bible 

Question. Give some facts about the Bible. 

Answer — 

The Bible is the oldest history. It contains Prophecy, 
Poetry, Songs, Prayers, Parables, Speeches, Science, Ser- 
mons, Philosophy, Biographies, Testimonies, Experience, 
Precepts, Doctrines, Civil Government, and laws governing 
social and family relations. 

[Note: Give example of each of these.] 

The New Testament chapters were divided into verses in 
1551 A. D. 

The Old Testament chapters were divided into verses in 
1661 A. D. 

The Bible was written by about forty different writers, 
and the authors represent almost every class of society. 

It was written on stone, papyrus, parchment and paper. 

The time covered by its writings is about 4,000 years. 

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IMPORTANT FACTS 21 

The Bible was written between 1,500 years before Christ, 
and 100 years after Christ. 

The Bible has no rival in literature or ethics. 

"It uses all forms of literary composition ; it rises to the highest 
heights, and descends to the lowest depths of humanity; it meas- 
ures all states and conditions of life; it is acquainted with every 
grief and every woe ; it touches every chord of sympathy ; it con- 
tains the spiritual biography of every human heart; it is suited 
to every class of society, and can be read with the same interest 
and profit by the king and the beggar, by the philosopher and the 
child ; it is as universal as the race, and reaches beyond the limits 
of time into the boundless regions of eternity." 

ENGLISH VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE 

A. D. A. D. 

WyclifTe's Bible _ -1383-1388 Geneva Bible 1557 

Tyndale's Bible 1525 Bishop's Bible 1568 

Coverdale Bible 1535 Authorized Version_„ — 1611 

Matthew's Bible 1537 Revised Version. .1880-1885 

CANON OF THE BIBLE 

"Canon" is a Greek word, and means a straight rod, rule, 
or measure. The Bible is the straight and infallible rule 
which God has given for the individual and for His church. 
Gal. 6 : 16. 

The word "canon" is used of the whole Bible. 

But the word "canonicity" is used for a single Book. 

"To have a rightful place in the Old Testament a Book 
must have been written, edited, or endorsed by a Prophet. 
To have a rightful place in the New Testament a Book must 
have been written or endorsed by an Apostle, or received as 
of divine authority in the Apostolic Age." 

Question. Give and explain a passage in which Jesus en- 
dorses the entire Old Testament as inspired. 

Answer. The word "Scripture" as used in the New Tes- 
tament refers to the entire Old Testament, as well as to a 



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certain Book. In the following passage Jesus refers to the 
entire Old Testament Scriptures : 

John 5 : 39, Search the Scriptures ; for in them ye think 

ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify 

of ME. 

The canonicity of the Books of the New Testament is not 
questioned, even by those who may not believe their truth. 

2 Tim. 2 : 15, Study to show thyself approved unto God, 
a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly divid- 
ing the word of truth. 

Heb. 4 : 12, For the word of God is quick, and powerful, 
and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to 
the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints 
and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents 
of the heart. 



HIGHER CRITICISM 

Question. Since higher criticism attacks the Pentateuch 
(five boohs of Hoses), what seal have we that the Penta- 
teuch is inspired? 

Answer. Our Lord, and the writers of the Xew Testa- 
ment make frequent reference to the Books of the Penta- 
teuch, which is evidence sufficient that the Pentateuch is 
inspired. 

[Note : With aid of marginal reference Bible, prepare some 
written references made by Jesus and the New Testament writ- 
ers to the Pentateuch.] 

Question. Higher criticism makes special attack upon 
the Book of Deuteronomy. Upon what notable occasion did 
Jesus quote from the Book of Deuteronomy? 

Answer. In His temptation in the Wilderness, Jesus 
quoted the Book of Deuteronomy three times. 

Matt. 1 : 1, He answered and said, It is written, Man 
shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that pro* 
ceedeth out of the mouth of God (Deut. 8:3). 

Matt. 4 : 7, Jesus said unto him, It is written again, 
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God (Deut. 6:16). 

Matt. 4z : 10, It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord 
thy God, and him only shalt thou serve (Deut. 6:13). 

Question. Higher criticism claims that Moses did not 
write the Pentateuch. What Bible proof have we that Moses 
wrote the first five Books of the Old Testament? 

Answer. The Pentateuch was sometimes called "Moses," 
just as some of the Epistles in the Xew Testament are called 
by the name of the writer, and their authorship is unques- 
tioned. Jesus referred to the Books of Moses in several in- 
stances, and called them "Moses." 

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Question. Give passages. 

Answer — 

Luke 24 : 27, And beginning at Moses and all the 
prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures 
the things concerning himself. 

Luke 16:31, And he said unto them, If they hear not 
Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, 
though one rose from the dead. 

Luke 16 : 29, They have Moses and the prophets ; let 
them hear them. 

John 5 : 46, Had ye believed Moses, ye would have be- 
lieved me : for he wrote of me. 

Question. Are there other definite statements of the writ- 
ings of Moses? 

Answer. Yes. Jesus said : Mk. 12 : 26, Have ye not read 
in the Book of Moses? (Ex. 3:6) 

The Sadducees said : Lk. 20 : 28, Master, Moses wrote 
unto us (Deut. 25 : 5). 

Phillip said : John 1 : 45, We have found him, of whom 
Moses in the law ... did write (Gen. 3: 15; Gen. 49: 10; 
Deut. 18:18). 

Question. Does Paul refer to the Boohs of Moses, by call- 
ing them by the name of Moses? 

Answer. Yes. 2 Cor. 3 : 15, Even unto this day, when 
Moses is read (Ex. 34:33). 

[Note : There are 90 quotations from the Pentateuch in the 
New Testament, and over 100 references to it.] 



THE RESURRECTION 



Question. Will the bodies of all who die be raised from 
the deadf 

A nswer. Yes. 

Jolm 5 : 28, 29, Marvel not at this : for the hour is com- 
ing in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his 
voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, 
unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, 
unto the resurrection of damnation. 

Question. Will the resurrection of the just, and the resur- 
rection of the wicked be simultaneous? 
Answer. ~No. 

Rev. 20 : 6, Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the 
first resurrection : on such the second death hath no 
power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and 
shall reign with him a thousand years. 

Rev. 20 : 5, But the rest of the dead lived not again 
until the thousand years were finished. 

Question. Is the "second death" annihilation? 

Answer. It is not. 

Rev. 20 : 14, . . . the lake of fire. This is the second 
death. 

Rev. 20: 10, . . . the lake of fire ... and shall be tor- 
mented day and night for ever axd ever. 

Rev. 20 : 15, And whosoever was not found written in 

the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. 

Question. Will all be in their graves when Jesus comes? 
Answer. No. 

1 Cor. 15 : 51, We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be 
changed. 

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1 Thess. 4 :13-18, But I would not have you to be ignorant, 
brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow 
not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe 
that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which 
sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say 
unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are 
alive, and remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not 
prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself 
shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of 
the archangel, and with the trump of God : and the dead 
in Christ shall rise first : then Ave which are alive and 
remain shall be caught up, together with them in the 
clouds, to meet the Lord in the air : and so shall we ever 
be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with 
these words 



THE RETURN OF JESUS 



Question. Will the same Jesus who was crucified, and is 
now with the Father, in his risen body, return to this earth? 

Answer. l r es. 

Luke 21 : 50, 51, Acts 1 : 9, 10, 11, And he led them out 
as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed 
them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he 
was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. . . . 
While they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received 
him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly 
toward heaven as he went up, behold two men stood by 
them in white apparel, which also said, Ye men of Gali- 
lee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same 
Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so 
come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. 

Question. Is the truth of the Lord's return an incentive 
to holy living? 

Answer. 1 John 3 : 2, 3, Beloved, now are we the sons of 
God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we 
know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for 
we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this 
hope in him purifieth himself even as he is pure. 

Question. What is the last promise of the risen Lord, and 
the last prayer of the church? 

Answer. Rev. 22:20, He which testifieth these things 
saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord 
Jesus. 



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THE GREAT COMMISSION 

Question. What are the last recorded words of Jesus he- 
fore His ascension? 

Answer. He gave His great commission to His church. 
Matt. 28 : 19, 20, Go ye therefore and teach all nations, 
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost : teaching them to observe all things 
whatsoever I have commanded you : and lo, I am with you 
alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. 

Question. Is the Lord's return to earth dependent upon 
the fidelity of the church to her commission? 

Answer. Yes. 

Matt. 24 : 14, This gospel of the kingdom shall be 
preached in all the world for a witness unto all na- 
tions; and then shall the end come. 

2 Peter 3 : 12, Looking for, and hastening the coming 
of the day of God (Marg.). 

Question. Did the early church obey this great commis- 
sion? 

Answer. Yes. Mark 16 : 20, And they went forth, and 
preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and 

CONFIRMING the WORD with SIGNS FOLLOWING. 

Question. Did Jesus show the helplessness of the unevan- 
gelized, andtheir dependence for help upon the fidelity of the 
Church? 

Answer. Matt. 9 : 36, 37, 38, When he saw the multitudes 
he was moved with compassion on them, because they faint- 
ed, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shep- 
herd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is 
plenteous, but the laborers are few; pray ye therefore the 

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Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his 
harvest. 

Question. How may we become more compassionate for 
a lost world? 

Answer. Through praying for its evangelization. 

Question. How does Jesus identify Himself with His 
Church? 

Answer. When Jesus knew that in a short time He would 
return to His Father, He said, John 10 : 16, And other sheep 
I have, which are not of this fold : them also I must brixg, 
and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, 
and oxe shepherd. 



THE LAW AND GRACE 

Question. How was the law given, and how was grace 
given? 

Answer. John 1 : 17, The law was given by Moses, but 
grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 

Question. Give some difference between the law and 

GRACE. 

Answer. (1) The law brings condemnation to sinners, 
but grace brings salvation to sinners. 

Rom. 3:19, We know that what things soever the law 
saith, it saith to them who are under the law : that every 
mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become 
guilty before God. 

Eph. 2 : 8, 9, For by grace are ye saved through faith ; 
and that not of yourselves : it is the gift of God : not of 
works, lest any man should boast. 

(2) All the promises given under the law were conditiox- 
al upon man's work; the key words of the law were "Thou 
shalt." All the promises given under grace are conditioned 
only upon faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Rom. 8 : 32, He that spared not his own Son, but deliv- 
ered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also 
freely give us all things ? 

Question. Could, the law save? 

Answer. Gal. 3 : 11, No man is justified by the law in 
the sight of God, it is evident : for, The just shall live by 

FAITH. 

Question. How were those saved who lived under the law 
of Moses? 

Answer. Through sacrifices which pointed to the blood 
of Jesus. 

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Heb. 9 : 12, 13, 14, Neither by the blood of goats and 
calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the 
holy, place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of 
an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purify- 
ing of the flesh : how much more shall the blood of Christ, 
who through the eternal Spirit ofTered himself without 
spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to 
serve the living God? 

Question. Who fulfilled the whole law? 

Answer. Jesus. Matt. 5 : 17, Think not that I am come to 
destroy the law, or the prophets : I am come not to destroy, 
but to fulfill. 

Question. What are the two great commandments of the 
law? 

Answer. Matt. 22 : 37, 38, 39, 40, Jesus said unto him, 
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and 
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first 
and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two com- 
mandments hang all the law and the prophets. 

Question. How may we keep these commandments? 

Answer. By having the heart cleansed from all sin. Deut. 
30 : 6, The Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart ... to 
love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all 
thy soul. 

Question. What is the end of the commandment? 

Answer. 1 Tim. 1 : 5, The end of the commandment is 
love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of 
faith unfeigned. 

Question. How may we obtain this love? 

Answer. As a second definite experience. Eom. 5 : 5, The 
love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost 
which is given unto us. 



Part III. 

Plain Theology 



SALVATION 

Question. How may salvation be obtained? 
Answer. Through Jesus Christ alone. 

Acts 4 : 12, There is none other name under heaven giv- 
en among men, whereby we must be saved. 

Question. May we not be saved through our good works? 
Answer. No. Salvation is the free gift of God. 

Eom. 6 : 23, The wages of sin is death ; but the gift of 
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Eph. 2 : 8, 9, For by grace are ye saved through faith ; 
and that not of yourselves : it is the gift of God : not of 
works, lest any man should boast. 

Question. Do we not have to wait until after death to 
know of a certainty that we are saved? 

Answer. Iso. Salvation is a present experience. 

John 3 : 36, He that believeth on the Son hath everlast- 
ing life. 

John 5 : 24, Yerily, verily, I say unto you, He that hear- 
eth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eter- 
nal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed 
out of death into life (R. V.). 

Bom. 8 : 16, The Spirit itself beareth witness with our 
spirit, that we are the childrex of God. 

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REWARDS 

Question. Is there a difference between salvation and 
rewards ? 

Answer. Yes. Salvation is for sinners, and is given in 
this life. Rewards are for the people of God, and given 
when Jesus comes. 

Rev. 22:12, Behold, I come quickly; and my reward 

is with me, to give every man according as his work 

shall be. 

1 Pet. 5 : 4, And when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, 
ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 

2 Tim. 4 : 8, Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown 
of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge 
shall give me at that day. 

1 Cor. 3 : 13, 14, 15, Every man's work shall be made 
manifest : for the day shall declare it, because it shall be 
revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work 
of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath 
built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any 
man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss : but he 
himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. 

1 Cor. 15 : 58, Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye 
stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of 
the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in 
vain in the Lord. 



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DEFINITIONS 

Question. What is the meaning of "Redemption/' "Pro- 
pitiation/' "Atonement/' "Justification"? 

Answer. Redemption means, to deliver by paying for the 
deliverance. 

Gal. 3 : 13, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of 
the law, being made a curse for us. 

1 Pet. 1:18,19, Ye know that ye were not redeemed 
with corruptible things, as silver and gold . . . but with 
the precious blood of Christ. 

Propitiation means, to bear the awful penalty of the 
broken law of God. This agony Jesus bore on the cross, in 
our stead. 

1 John 2 : 2, And he is the propitiation for our sins : and 

not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 

Atonement. In the Old Testament this word means to 
"cover." The Levitical offerings "covered" the sins of the 
people, but did not take them away. Those offerings were 
the types of the sacrifice of Christ. 

Justification means, the act of God's grace (unmerited fa- 
vor) by which He* accepts the repentant sinner, and imputes 
to him the righteousness of Christ. 

Eom. 5:18, As by the offense of one, judgment came 
upon all men to condemnation ; even so by the righteous- 
ness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justifi- 
cation. 

Kom. 3 : 26, That he might be just, and the justifier of 
him which believeth in Jesus. 



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PARDOX OF SIXS 



[Note: Sin may be summarized as twofold: (1) An act: that 
which is committed. 1 John 3 : 4, Sin is the transgression of 
the law. (2) A nature: with which men are born. Rom. 8:7, 
The carnal mind is enmity against God. Transgressions are 
called sins; the carnal mind is called sin. Faith in the atonement 
of the Lord Jesus Christ will bring (1) Forgiveness of sins; (2) 
Eradication of the carnal mind, or inbred sin.] 

Question. How may we have pardon of sins? 
Answer. Through faith in the blood of Jesus. 

Question. Give Bible proofs that Christ died on the cross 
that our sins might be pardoned. 
Answer — 

Hebrews 9 : 22, 28, Without shedding of blood is no re- 
mission (of sins). So Christ was once offered to bear the 
sins of many. 

Gal. 3 : 13, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of 
the law, being made a curse for us. 

Matt. 1 : 21, And she shall bring forth a son, and thou 
shalt call his name Jesus : for he shall save his people 
from their sixs. 

1 John 3 : 5, And ye know that he was manifested to 
take away our sixs. 

Eph. 1 : 7, In whom we have redemption through his 
blood, the forgiveness of sixs, according to the riches of 
his grace. 

Rom. 5 : 8, God commendeth his love toward us, in that, 
while we were yet sixxers, Christ died for us. 

Rev. 1 : 5, Unto him that loved us, and washed us from 
our sixs in his own blood. 

Eph. 2 :13, But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes 
were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 

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COVICTION FOR PARDON 

Question. Do all men need pardon? 
Answer. Yes. 

Question. Give Bible proof of same. 
Ansvjer — 

Rom. 3 : 23, For all have sinned, and come short of the 
glory of God. 

1 John 1 : 10, If we say that we have not sinned, we 
make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 

John 3 : 3, Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, 
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again he 
can not see the kingdom of God. 

John 3:16, God so loved the world, that he gave his 
only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should 
not perish, but have everlasting Lfe. 

Matt. 10 : 33, Whosoever shall deny me before men, him 
will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. 

Kom. 13 : 12, The night is far spent, the day is at hand : 
let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us 
put on the armour of light. 

Matt. 16 : 26, For what is a man profited if he shall gain 
the whole world and lose his own soul ? Or what shall a 
man give in exchange for his soul? 

Luke 16 : 15, And he said unto them, Ye are they which 
justify yourselves before men; but God Jcnoweth your 
hearts. 

Psalm 53 : 1, The fool hath said in his heart there is 
no God. 

James 2 : 19, Thou believest that there is one God : thou 
doest well: the devils also believe and tremble. 

Heb. 4 : 13, Neither is there any creature that is not 
manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and opened 
unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. 

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Isaiah 59 : 1, 2, Behold the Lord's hand is not shortened, 
that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot 
hear: but your iniquities have separated between you and 
your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that 
he will not hear. 

Prov. 29 : 1, He that being often reproved, hardeneth his 
neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without 
remedy. 

Luke 9 : 26, Whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of 
my words, of him shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when 
he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and 
of the holy angels. 

Jude 14, 15, Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands 
of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to con- 
vince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungod- 
ly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all 
their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken 
against him. 

Jer. 32 : 33, They have turned unto me the bach and 

NOT THE FACE. 

Luke 13 : 3, Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish. 



CONDITIONS OF PARDON 

Question Will God pardon our sins against our ivill? 
Answer. No. 

Question. Give some passages which prove that we have 
a part to do in the pardon of our sins. 
Answer — 

1 John 1:9, If we confess our sins, he is faithful and 
just to forgive us our sixs and to cleanse us from all un- 
righteousness. 

Matt. 11 : 28, Gome uxto me, all ye that labor and are 
heavy laden and I will give you rest. 

Isaaih 1 : 18, Oome now, and let us reason together saith 
the Lord: though your sixs be as scarlet they shall be as 
white as snow; though they be red like crimsox, they shall 
be as wool. 

Matt. 9:13, I am not come to call the righteous, but 
slnxers to repentance. 

Luke 18 : 13, God be merciful to me a sixxer. 
1 Tim. 1 : 15, Christ Jesus came into the world to save 
sixxers; of whom I am chief. 

Matt. 7 : 7, Ask and it shall be given you ; seek and ye 
shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you. 

Heb. 11 : 6, Without faith it is impossible to please 
him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, 
and that he is a re warder of them that diligently seek him. 

John 6 : 37, Him that cometh to me I will in no wise 
cast out. 

Matt. 10 : 32, Whosoever therefore shall coxfess me be- 
fore mex, him will I confess also before my Father which 
is in heaven. 

Isaiah 55 : 7, Let the wicked forsake his way, and the 
unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto 

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the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our 
God, for he will abundantly pardon. 

Acts 3 : 19, Repext ye therefore, and be coxverted, that 
your sixs may be blotted out. 

Deut. 30: 19, I. have set before you life and death . . . 
therefore choose life. 

Prov. 28:13, He that coyereth his sixs shall not pros- 
per : but whoso coxfesseth and forsaketh them shall have 

MERCY. 

2 Cor. 6 : 17, 18, Wherefore come out from among; them, 
and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and tou^h xot the un- 
clean thixg; and I will receive you, and will be a Father 
unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the 
Lord Almighty. 

Isaiah 55 : 1, Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to 
the waters, and he that hath xo money; come ye, buy, and 
eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and 
without price. 

James 4 : 8, Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh 
to you. Cleaxse your haxds, ye sinners. 

Prov. 23 : 26, My son give me thixe heart. 

Luke 15 : 10, There is joy in the presence of the angels 
of God over one sinner that repexteth. 

Jer. 29 : 13, Ye shall seek me and find me, when ye shall 
search for me with all your heart. 

John 14 : 6, I AM the way, the truth, axd the life : no 
man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 

John 1 : 12, As many as received him, to them gave he 
power to become the sons of God, even to them that be- 
lieve on his NAME, 



EXPERIENCE OF PARDON 

Question. When God, for Christ's sake pardons our sins, 
do we experience a change in heart and life? 
Answer. Yes. 

Question. Give some passages which evidence this change. 
Answer — 

Psalm 124 : 7, Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the 
snare of the fowlers : the snare is broken and we are es- 
caped. 

Eom. 8 : 16, The Spirit itself beareth witness with our 
spirit, that we are the children of God. 

Eom. 5:1, Therefore being justified by faith, we have 
peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. 5 : 17, Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a 
new creature : old things are passed away ; behold all 
things are become new. 

Gal. 4 : 6, And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth 
the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, abba father 

Ezekiel 33 : 16, None of his sins that he hath committed 
shall be mentioned. 

Eph. 2 : 1, And you hath he quickened, who were dead 
in trespasses and sins. 

John 15 : 19, If ye were of the world, the world would 
love his own : but because ye are not of the world, but I 
have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hat- 
eth you. 

Eom. 8 : 14, As many as are led by the Spirit of God, 
they are the sons of God. 

Col. 2 : 13, And you, being dead in your sins, . . . hath 
he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all 
trespasses. 

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Psalm 34:4, I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and 
delivered me from all my fears. 

Psalm 40: 2, He brought me up also out of an horrible 
■pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock. 

Psalm 40 : 3, And he hath put a new song in my mouth, 
even praise unto our God. 

Psalm 116 : 1, I love the Lord, because he hath heard 
my voice and my supplications. 

1 John 3 : 14, We know that we have passed from death 
unto life, because we love the brethren. 

Eph. 2:1, And you hath he quickened, who were dead 
in trespasses and sins. 



HOLINESS OF HEART 

Question. After our sins are forgiven, is the heart free 
from sin? 

Answer. No, there remains the sin with which we were 
born, and which can not be forgiven. 

Question. How may this sin he removed? 
Answer. Through faith in the blood of Jesus. 

Question. Give Bible proof that Christ died on the cross 
that we might be cleansed from all sin. 

Answer — 

Eph. 5 : 25, 26, 27, Christ also loved the church, and 
gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse 
it with the washing of water by the word, that he might 
present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or 
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy 
and without blemish. 

Heb. 13 : 12, Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanc- 
tify the people with his own blood, suffered without the 
gate. 

Col. 1 : 21, 22, . . . (You) hath he reconciled in the 
body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and 
unblameable and unreproveable in his sight. 

Titus 2:14, (Christ) who gave himself for us, that he 
might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto him- 
self a peculiar people, zealous of good works. 

Heb. 10 : 19, Having therefore, brethren, boldness to 
enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus. 

1 John 1 : 7, The blood of Jesus Christ his son clean s- 

ETH US from ALL SIN. 

Heb. 10 : 10, We are sanctified through the offering of 
the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 

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COXVICTIOX FOE HOLINESS 



Question. Bo all Christians need holiness of heart? 

Answer. Yes. 

Question. Give Bible proof of same. 

Answer — 

1 John 1:8, If we say that we have no six, we deceive 
ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 

Heb. 4 : 9, There remaineth therefore a rest to the peo- 
ple of God. 

John 17 : 16, 17, They are not of the world, even as I 
am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth : 
thy word is truth. 

Luke 1 : 74, 75, That we being delivered out of the hand 
of our enemies might serve him without fear, in holiness 
and righteousness before him all the days of our life. 

Question. Give Bible passages which should bring con- 
viction for holiness of heart. 

Answer — 

Heb. 12 : 14, Follow peace with all men, and holiness, 
without which no man shall see the Lord. 

1 Thess. 5 : 23, 24, And the very God of peace sanctify 
you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul 
and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who 
also will do it. 

Rom. 8 : 7, The carnal mind is enmity against God : for 
it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 

1 Thess. 4 : 7, 8, For God hath not called us unto un- 
cleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that despiseth, 
despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us 
his holy Spirit. 

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1 Thess. 4 : 3, For this is the will of God, even your 

SANCTIFICATION. 

Rev. 3 : 4, 6, Thou hast a few names even in Sardis 
which have not denied their garments; and they shall 
walk with me in white: for they are worthy. . . . He 
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto 
the churches. 

Rom. 8 : 6, To be carnally minded is death ; but to be 
spiritually minded is life and peace. 

Eom. 7 : 19, 21, 24, The good that I would I do not : but 
the evil which I would not, that I do. . . . I find then a 
law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me. 
. . . O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me 
from the body of this death? 

Jude 24, Now unto him that is able to keep you from 
falling, and to present you faultless before the presence 
of his glory with exceeding joy. 

1 Tim. 1 : 5, The end of the commandment is love out 
of a pure heart. 

Acts 20 : 32, And now, brethren, I commend you to God, 
and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you 
up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which 
are sanctified. 

Titus 2 : 12, Teaching us that denying ungodliness and 
worldly lusts, we should live sooerly, righteously, and 
godly, in this present world. 

Acts 19 : 2, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye 
believed ? 

Matt. 24 : 44, Therefore be ye also ready : for in such an 
hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh. 

Rev. 20 : 6, Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the 
first resurrection. 

2 Pet. 3 : 11, Seeing then that all these things shall be 
dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all 
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Psalm 101 : 2, I will walk within my house with a per- 
fect HEART. 

Luke 10 : 27, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with 
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
strength, and with all thy mind. 



CONDITIONS OF HOLINESS 

Question. Will God cleanse us from all sin against our 
will? 

Answer. ~No. 

Question. Give some passages which prove that we have 
our part to do in our sanctificaion. 
Answer — 

Matt. 5 : 6, Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst 
after righteousness, for they shall be filled. 

1 John 1:7, If we walk in the light, as he is in the 
light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood 
of Jesns Christ, his Son, clean seth us from all sin. 

Heb. 7 : 25, He is able also to save them to the utter- 
most that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to 
make intercession for them. 

Rom. 12 : 1, I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the 
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sac- 
rifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable 
service. 

Matt. 23 : 19, Whether is greater the gift or the altar 
that sanctifieth the gift? 

Heb. 13 : 13, Let us go forth therefore unto him without 
the camp, bearing his reproach. 

Rom. 7 : 4, That ye should be married to another, even 
to him who is raised from the dead. 

Luke 11 : 13, If ye then being evil, know how to give 
good gifts unto your children : how much more shall your 
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask 
him. 

Acts 2 : 38, Repent and be baptized every one of you in 
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye 
shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

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Luke 24 : 49, And behold, I send the promise of my Fa- 
ther upon you : but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, 
until ye be endued with power from on high. 

Rom. 6 : 11, Reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed 
unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. 



EXPERIENCE OF HOLINESS 

Question. When God for Christ's sake sanctifies our 
hearts as a second definite work of grace, is there a deeper 
experience in heart and life? 

Answer. Yes. 

Question. Give some passages which evidence this deeper 
life. 

Answer — 

Gal. 2:20, / am crucified with Christ: nevertheless 1 
live; yet not I, but Christ liyeth in me : and the life 
which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the 
Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 

Rom. 6 : 6, 7, Knowing this, that our old man is cruci- 
fied with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, 
that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is 
dead is freed from sin. 

Col. 3 : 3, For ye are dead, and your life is hid with 
Christ in God. 

Eph. 1 : 13, In whom also after that ye believed, ye 
were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise. 

Acts 1 : 8, Ye shall receive power after that the Holy 
Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto 
me. 

Song of solomon 2 : 16, My beloved is mine, and I am 
his. 

1 Cor. 2 : 2, I determined not to know anything among 
you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 

1 John 3 : 2, 3, Beloved now are we the sons of God, and 
it doth not yet appear what we shall be : but we know that, 
when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall 
see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in 
him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 

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Isaiah 54 : 5, Thy maker is thine husband. 

Col. 3 : 11, Christ is all, and in all. 

Psalm 90 : 17, Let the beauty of the Lord our God be 
upon us : and establish thou the work of our hands upon 
us; yea the work of our hands, establish thou it. 

Rev. 19 : 7, Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to 
him : for the marrlige of the Lamb is come, and his wife 
hath made herself ready. 

2 Tim. 1 : 12, I know whom I have believed, and am per- 
suaded that he is able to keep that which I have commit- 
ted unto him against that day. 

Phil. 3 : 13, 14, This one thing I do, forgetting those 
things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those 
things which are before, I press toward the mark for the 
prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 

2 Pet. 1 : 3, 4, His divine power hath given unto us all 
things that pertain unto life and godliness . . . whereby 
are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: 
that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature. 

1 John 4 : 16, And we have known and believed the love 
that God hath to us. God is love. 

1 John 4 : 4, Greater is he that is in you, than he that 
is in the world. 

Joel 2 : 28, I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh ; and 
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. 

1 Tim. 4 : 12, Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou 
an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in 
love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

Gal. 6 : 14, God forbid that I should glory, save in the 
cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is cru- 
cified unto me, and I unto the world. 

Eph. 1 : 13, In whom also after that ye believed, ye were 
sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise. 



SOME OBJECTIONS TO HOLINESS 
ANSWERED 

Question. Does not the Bible say there is none righteous, 
no not one? 

Answer. In Rom. 3 : 10-12 Paul is quoting Psalm 53 : 1-4, 
and was stating the condition of the unsaved. 

Psalm 53 : 1-4, The fool hath said in his heart, There is 

no God. . . . There is none that doeth good, no, not one. 

Question. Did not Paul say that he was not "perfect"? 
Answer. Paul was speaking of the perfection of his body, 
which comes at the resurrection of the just. 

Phil. 3 : 11, 12, 15, If by any means I might attain unto 
the resurrection of the dead [lit., out from the dead]. Not 
as though I had already attained, either were already per- 
fect. . . . Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be 
thus minded. 

Question. Does the Bible not say that "If we say we have 
no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us"? 

Answer. In 1 John 1 : 8, the apostle is writing for the in- 
struction of those who say they are sanctified at conversion, 
and deny that there is a second work of grace. In 1 John 
1 : 7 he plainly states there is inbred sin, and how it is re- 
moved. 

1 John 1 : 7, But if we walk in the light, as he is in the 

light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood 

of Jesus Christ his Son, cleaxseth us from all sin. 

Question. Does not "sanctification" mean "setting 
apart"? 

Answer. "Sanctification" comes from two Latin words, 
sanctus, holy, and facio, to make. Sanctification means "to 
make holy." 

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Question. Were not the vessels of the Temple "set apart"? 

Answer. They were "set apart" because they were made 
holy. They were thoroughly cleansed from all impurity and 
used only in the worship of Jehovah, in His holy Temple 
(1 Kings 7:45-51). 

Question. What does sanctification do for the believer? 

Answer. He is cleansed from all sin, filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and set apart for the glory of God. 

Psalm 51 : 2, Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, 

and CLEANSE ME FROM MY SIX. 

Eph. 5 : 25, 26, Christ also loved the church, and gave 
himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it. 

Titus 2 : 14, Who gave himself for us, that he might 
redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a 
peculiar people, zealous of good works. 

1 Cor. 6 : 19, Know ye not that your body is the temple 
of the Holy Ghost, which is in you? 

Question. Does not the profession of holiness appear self- 
bo as ting? 

Answer. 1 Cor. 15 : 10, By the grace of God I am what 
I am. 

Question. Is sanctification the end of the work of grace? 

Answer. 2 Pet. 3 : 18, Grow in grace, and in the knowl- 
edge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 



BACKSLIDERS 



Question. May one slip bach, after having known the 
grace of God? 

Answer. Yes. 2 Cor. 6 : 1, We then, as workers together 
with him, beseech you also, that ye receive not the grace of 
God in vain. 

Heb. 12 : 15, Looking diligently lest any man fail of 
the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness, springing 
up, trouble you. 

Heb. 2 : 1, Therefore we ought to give the more earnest 
heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time 
we should run out as leaking vessels (Marg.). 

Question. Is the heart of God grieved over the backslid- 
ing of a believer? 

Answer. Jer. 32 : 33, They have turned unto me the back, 
and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early 
and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive 
instruction. 

Question. When a backslider truly repents and turns to 
God, will He restore Him? 

Answer. Hosea 14:4, I will heal their backsliding, I will 
love them freely. 

Jer. 3: 14, Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; 
for I am married unto you. 

Hosea 6 : 1, Come, and let us return unto the Lord : for 
he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he 
will bind us up. 

Joel 2 : 25, And I will restore to you the years that the 
locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, 
and the palmerworm. 

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Luke 15 : 18, I will arise and go to my father, and 
will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven 
and before thee. 

1 John 4 : 16, And we have known and believed the love 
that God hath to us. God is love. 

Hosea 2 : 14, 15, 16, Behold, I will allure her and bring 
her into the wilderness, and speak to her heart (Marg.). 
And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the 
valley of Achor [trouble'] for a door of hope : and she shall 
sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day 
when she came up out of the land of Egypt. And it shall 
be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me ism 
(my husband) : and shalt call me no more Baali. 



SPIRITUAL LIFE PRESERVERS AND 
GROWTH IN GRACE 

Question. Is sorrow or temptation sin? 

Answer. 'No. Jesus was both sorrowful and tempted. 

Question. When do we grow in grace and in the knowl- 
edge of God most rapidly? 

Answer. When we meet the conditions of the promises 
and believe God. 

2 Pet. 1 : 4, Whereby are given unto us exceeding great 
and precious promises: that by these ye might be par- 
takers of the divine nature. 

Eev. 12 : 11, They overcame him by the blood of the 
Lamb, and by the word of their testimony. 

2 Cor. 4 : 17, Our light affliction, which is but for a 
moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal 

WEIGHT OF GLORY. 

Psalm 55 : 22, Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he 
shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous 
to be moved. 

Phil. 4 : 19, My God shall supply all your need accord- 
ing to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 

Isaiah 43 : 2, When thou passest through the waters, I 
will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall 
not overflow thee; when thou walhest through the fire, 
thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle 
upon thee. 

Heb. 10 : 34, (Ye) took joyfully the spoiling of your 
good?, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a 
better and an enduring substance. 

Col. 4 : 2, Continue in prayer, and watch in the same 
with thanksgiving. 

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Job 5: 11, Behold, happy is the man whom God correct- 
eth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Al- 
mighty. 

Hab. 3 : 17, 18, Although the fig tree shall not blossom, 
neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive 
shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock 
shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd 
in the stalls: yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy 
in the God of my salvation. 

John 16 : 22, I will see you again, and your heart shall 

REJOICE. 

1 Sam. 16:3, I will shew thee what thou shalt do. 

Deut. 33: 12, And of Benjamin"he said, The beloved of 
the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord 
shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell 

BETWEEN HIS SHOULDERS. 

Isa. 50: 1, For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall 
I not be confounded : therefore have I set my face like a 
flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. 

Psalm 150 : 6, Let everything that hath breath praise 
the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. 

Eph. 5 : 20, Giving thanks always for all things. 

1 Pet. 3 : 17, It is better, if the will of God be so, that ye 
suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. 

1 Thess. 5 : 18, In everything give thanks : for this is 
the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 

Matt. 5 : 11, 12, Blessed are ye, when men shall revile 
you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil 
against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceed- 
ing glad : for great is your reward in heaven. 

John 16 : 33, In the world ye shall have tribulation : but 
be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. 

2 Cor. 2 : 14, Thanks be unto God, which always causeth 

US to TRIUMPH IN CHRIST. 

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the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange 
thing happened unto you : but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are 
partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall 
be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 

Psalm 50 : 15, Call upon me in the day of trouble : I 
will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 

Psalm 34 : 1, I will bless the Lord at all times : his 
praise shall continually be in my mouth. 

Matt. 14 : 12, And his disciples came, and took up the 
body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. 

1 Cor. 10 : 13, God is faithful, who will not suffer you 
to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the 
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able 
to bear it. 

Deut. 31 : 6, Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, 
nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that 
doth go with thee: he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 

Deut. 33 : 27, Underneath are the everlasting arms. 

1 Pet. 5 : 7, Casting all your care upon him ; for he 

CARETH FOR YOU. 

Mark 11 : 24, Therefore I say unto you, what things so- 
ever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive 
them, and ye shall have them. 

Heb. 10:35, Cast not away therefore your confidence, 
which hath great recompence of reward. 

1 Peter 2 : 20-23, For what glory is it, if, when ye be buf- 
feted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, 
when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, 
this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye 
called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an 
example, that ye should follow his steps : who did no sin, 
neither was guile found in his mouth; who, when he was 
reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened 
not; but committed himself to him that judgeth right- 
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Isaiah 49 : 20, The children which thou shalt have after 
thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, 
The place is too strait for me : give place to me that I may 
dwell. 



DANGER SIGNALS 



Question. Is the adversary a personal enemy? If so, how 
may he appear? 

Answer. He is always spoken of as a person, and he may 
appear as a "Poaring Lion/' an "Angel of Light/' or as the 
"God" or "Prince" "of this World." 

1 Pet. 5 : 8, Be sober, be vigilant ; because your adver- 
sary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking 
whom he may devour. 

2 Cor. 11 : 14, 15, Satan himself is transformed into an 
angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his minis- 
ters also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness. 

2 Cor. 4 : 3, 4, But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them 
that are lost : in whom the god of this world hath blinded 
the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the 
glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should 
shine unto them. 

John 14 : 30, The prince of this world cometh, and hath 
nothing in me. 

a. False Prophets 
Question. Give passages concerning False Prophets. 
Answer — 

2 Pet. 2 : 1, But there were false prophets also among the 
people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, 
who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even deny- 
ing the Lord that bought them, and bring upon them- 
selves swift destruction. 

2 John 1 : 7, Many deceivers are entered into the world, 
who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. 
This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 

Titus, 1 : 10, 11, There are many unruly and vain talk- 
ers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision, 

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. . . teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lu- 
cre's sake. 

2 Peter 2 \% The way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 

Ezek. 13 : 3, Woe unto the foolish prophets, that fol- 
low their own spirit, and have seen nothing. 

Jer. 6 : 14, They have healed also the hurt of the daugh- 
ter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when 
there is no peace. 

Matt. 23 : 13, Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 
hypocrites ! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against 
men : for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye 
them that are entering to go in. 

Ezek. 13 : 10, 11, One built up a slight wall (Marg.) and 
lo, others daubed it with untempered morter: say unto 
them which daub it wih untempered morter that it shall 

FALL. 

Luke 6 : 26, Woe unto you, when all men shall speak 
w^ell of you! for so did their fathers to the false proph- 
ets. 

Gal. 1 : 6-8, I marvel that ye are so soon removed from 
him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another 
gospel: which is not another; but there be some that 
trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other 
gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto 
you, let him be accursed. 

2 Peter 2 : 19, While they promise them liberty, they 
themselves are the servants of corruption. 

Jer. 5:26, Among my people are found wicked men: 
they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, 

they CATCH MEN. 

Col. 2 : 8, Beware lest any man spoil you through phi- 
losophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after 
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b. Doctrines of Devils 
Question. Give passages concerning Doctrines of Devils. 
Answer — 

1 Tim. 4 : 1, Now the Spirit speaketh expressly that in 
the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giv- 
ing heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils. 

Deut. 18 : 10, 11, There shall not be found among you 
any one . . . that useth divination, or an observer of 
times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a 
consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necrom- 
ancer. 

2 Thess. 2 : 9, 10, 11, Even him, whose coming is after 
the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying 
wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness 
in them that perish; because they received not the love 
of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this 
cause God shall send them strong delusion that they 

Should BELIEVE A LIE. 

1 John 4 : 3, Every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus 
Christ is come in the flesh is not of God : and this is that 
spirit of ANTICHRIST. 

Heb. 13 : 9, Be not carried away with divers and strange 

DOCTRINES. 

1 Tim. 6 : 20, Avoiding profane and vain babblings, and 
oppositions of science falsely so called. 

Eph. 4 : 14, Children tossed to and fro, and carried 
about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, 
and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to de- 
ceive. 

c. Evil Speaking 

Question. Give passages concerning Evil Speaking. 

Answer — 
Jude 8, 10, (These) despise dominion, and speak evil of 



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dignities. These speak evil of those things things which 
they know not. 

Eph. 4 : 29, 31, Let no corrupt communication proceed 
out of your mouth; ... let all evil speaking be put 
away from you. 

1 Tim. 5 : 13, Idle, wandering about from house to 
house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busy- 
bodies, speaking things which they ought not. 

James 3 : 6, The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity : 
so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the 
whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and 

it is SET ON FIRE OF HELL. 

Luke 16 : 24, Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of 
his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tor- 
mented IN THIS FLAME. 

2 Tim. 2 : 24, And the servant of the Lord must not 
strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, forbear- 
ing (Marg.). 

d. Eiches 
Question. Give passages concerning Eiches. 
Answer — 

1 Tim. 6 : 17, Charge them that are rich in this world, 
that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain 
riches, hut in the living God. 

James 5 : 3, Your gold and silver is cankered; and the 
rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat 
your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure to- 
gether for the last days. 

e. Scoffers 
Question. Give passages concerning Scoffers. 
Answer — 

2 Peter 3 : 3, 4, Knowing this first, that there shall come 
in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 
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since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they 
were from the beginning of the creation. 

Luke 17 : 26, 28, 30, As it was in the days of Noe, so 
shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man. . . . Like- 
wise also as it was in the days of lot ; . . . even thus shall 
it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. 

2 Tim. 3 : 1, 2, 4, This know also, that in the last days 
perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their 
own selves . . . lovers of pleasures more than lovers of 
God. 

/. Appearance of Evil 

Question. Give passages concerning Appearance of Evil. 

Answer — 

1 Thess. 5 : 22, Abstain from all appearance of evil. 
Heb. 10 : 25, Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves 

together, as the manner of some is. 

Eph. 5 : 15, 16, See then that ye walk circumspectly, not 
as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the 

DAYS ARE EVIL. 

Matt. 24 : 12, Because iniquity shall abound, the love of 
many shall wax cold. 

2 Tim. 4 : 3, 4, The time will come when they will not 
endure sound doctrine; but having itching ears, will heap 
to themselves teachers after their own lusts : and will turn 
awav their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables. 

(R.V.) 

1 Tim. 4 : 16, Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doc- 
trine; continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt both 
save thyself, and them that hear thee. 

Heb. 10 : 38, The just shall live by faith : but if any man 
draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 
. Heb. 4 : 11, Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, 
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1 Cor. 11 : 28, Let a man examine himself, and so let 
him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 

Luke 21 : 34, Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time 
your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunken- 
ness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon 
you unawares. 

Rev. 3 : 16, Because thou art lukewarm, and neither 
cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 

James 4 : 4, Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not 
that the friendship of the world is enmity with Grod? 
Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the 
enemy of God. 

Matt. 25 : 24, 25, 26, Then he which had received the one 
talent came and said, Lord, ... I was afraid, and went 
and hid thy talent in the earth : . . . His Lord answered 
and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant. 

Question. What are Christians exhorted to dof 
Answer. Jude 3, Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write 
unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to 
write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly 
contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the 
saints. 



Part IV. 

Suggestive Bible Study 



SOME WOMEN OE THE BIBLE 

Give character sketch of and memorize a passage concern- 
ing the following women of the Bible : 



Mary Lk. 1:46-55 

Hagar Gen. 16:3 

Esther Esther 2 : 7 

Miriam Ex. 15:20 

Anna Lk. 2:36 

Deborah Judges 4 : 4 

Queen of Sheba, 1 Kg. 10:1 
Mary of Bethany, Lk. 10 :42 



Dorcas Acts 9:3.6 

Buth_ Euth 1:4 

Delilah Judges 16 : 4 

Elizabeth Lk. 1 : 5 

Sarah Gen. 11 : 29 

Widow of Zarephath, 

1 Kings 17 : 9 



SOME MEN OF THE BIBLE 

Give character sketch of and memorize a passage concern- 
ing the following men of the Bible : 



Cyrus Isa. 44:28 

Eli_ 1 Sam. 3:1 

Abraham Gen. 17 : 5 

Elijah 1 Kings 17: 1 

Elisha 1 Kings 19:16 

Herod Matt. 2 : 1 

John the Baptist, Lk. 1 : 17 



David 1 Sam. 16:19 

Jehoiakim Jer. 36 : 28 

Moses Ex. 2:10 

Pilate Matt. 27 : 2 

Caleb Num. 26:65 

Joshua Num. 14:6 

King Uzziah Isa. 6:1 



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THE MAJOR AND MINOR PROPHETS 

Question. To what important subjects do these prophe- 
sies relate? 

Answer. To the first and second advent of Jesus, and to 
the historv of the Jews. 

Question. Xante the Major Phophets. 
Answer. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel. 
Give some notable event in the life of each of the Major 
Prophets. 

Question. Name the Minor Prophets. 

Answer. Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Xa- 
hum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi. 

Give some passage of prophesy from each. 

[Note : With aid of marginal reference Bible, bring some writ- 
ten references made by Jesus, and by the New Testament writers 
to the Major and Minor Prophets.] 

MEMORY PORTIONS 

1. Isaiah 52 : 13, 14, 15, together with the entire Fifty- 
third chapter. (The Gospel in Isaiah.) 

2. Psalm 46. A favorite Psalm with Lnther. 

3. Acts 26 : 1-23. Paul's defence before Agrippa. 

4. John 1 : 1-14. The Deity of Christ. 

5. Rev. 22 : 1-5, together with Rev. 21 : 4. A little glimpse 
of the Xew Jerusalem. 

6. Prov. 3 : 1-16. An exhortation to young men. 

7. Psa. 45 : 10-15. An exhortation to young women. 

COVENANTS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT 

1. God's Covenant with Adam. Gen. 3 : 15. 
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2. God's Covenant with Xoah. Gen. 9 : 12-17. 

[Note : The earth will be fully redeemed from the curse when 
Jesus comes. See Gen. 3:18; Isa. 55:13; Rom. 8:22.] 

3. God's Covenant with Abraham. Gen. 13:16; Gen. 
17:4-6; Gen. 22:15-18. 

[Note: To be fulfilled in and through Christ. Gal. 3: 16.] 

4. God's Covenant with Israel. Ex. 19 : 5. This cove- 
nant is conditioned npon works. 

[Note: The law is fulfilled in Christ. Gal. 3:19-24.] 

5. God's Covenant with Israel. Dent. 30:3-6; Psa. 
105:8-11. (Restoration to the land.) 

[Note: To be fulfilled when Christ returns. Jer. 32:37,38; 
Jer. 33:15,16; Rom. 11:26,27.] 

6. God's Covenant with David. 2 Sam. 7: 16; Psa. 89:3,4. 

[Note: To be fulfilled when Christ comes to reign. Lk. 1:31- 
33 ; Isa. 9 : 6 ? 7 ; Acts 2 : 29 ? 30.] 



COVENANT OF THE XEW TESTAMENT 



For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed 
for many unto remission of sins. — Matt. 26:28 (E. V.) 

[Note : Upon this "new" and "better" covenant the fulfillment 
of every other covenant depends ; and it provides for us, the put- 
ting away of all sin from the heart of the believer, the resurrec- 
tion of his body, and the abundant entrance into the everlasting- 
kingdom of our Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ.] 

Heb. 13 : 20, Xow the God of peace, that brought again 
from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the 

sheep, THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE EVERLASTING COVENANT, 

make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working 
in you that which is well-plea sing in his sight, through Jesus 
Christ; to whom be glory for ever axd ever. Amen. 



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